We're conditioned to think it's glamorous, but when it comes to your health and looks, drinking's insidious side effects are anything but

Alcohol causes bloating When you think of bloating and alcohol it's usually the beer gut that comes to mind. Guess what? That puffiness isn't limited to your middle. Remember when we talked about how alcohol depletes your body of water and how the kidneys have to kick in to overdrive? That same effect comes in to play with the dreaded facial bloat. Because your body is being robbed of fluids and electrolytes, it stores all the water you ingest (in food or beverage), which causes tissues to swell and causes you to resemble Alvin the chipmunk.

This article is really a wake-up call for me. I'm in college and surrounded by so much alcohol, but this article will definitely make me think twice about what and how much I'm drinking on the weekends. I definitely do not want to age earlier than necessary!

I love that this article shows the dangers of alcohol! In many of my biology and psychology classes we learn a ton about drugs, especially caffeine and alcohol, and so its nice to see people getting serious about alcohol like everyone already is with smoking and other drugs. Thank you for the article!

Complete, nothing more, nothing less. Alcohol is toxic. So, if we're so concerned with the nature pollution, why should we take the pollution inside? If we consider also the fact that alcohol is directly linked with the breast cancer...